Save Our Shores Education Programs Receive $20,000 grant from Monterey Peninsula Foundation
August 6, 2025By: Jadyn-Kathleen Polk, July 12, 2025
Save Our Shores is proud to announce that The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County (CSFCC) has selected us to be a beneficiary of their ‘Comm unity Grants’ program. We were graciously granted $10,000 to support our work in reducing barriers to outdoor education for youth. With these funds, SOS can improve and continue our educational programs that bring youth outdoors to learn directly from their environments. Bridging this gap with hands-on learning is crucial to instilling healthy eco-identities within our youth that reflect a personal relationship with their environment.
“This grant from The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County is vital for us to carry out our educational programs during a time when outdoor access and hands-on learning experiences for youth is more important than ever.” -Katie Thompson, SOS Executive Director
Save Our Shores’ education programs are grade-level specific and are designed to fit seamlessly into a teacher’s academic year. They’re designed to support our goals of maintaining clean, healthy shores and a thriving Monterey Bay by ensuring that future generations will understand their role in environmental stewardship through immersive lessons.
The 2025 Community Grants cycle awarded $2 million to 100 local nonprofits. Annual grants are made possible thanks to the generosity and foresight of dozens of families who entrusted the Community Foundation with their charitable visions.
About Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
Since 1982, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County has brought together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things. The Community Foundation helps donors and their advisors invest wisely in causes they care about, to provide grants and resources to community organizations, and to offer leadership around key local issues.
About Save Our Shores:
Save Our Shores was first formed in 1978 as a grassroots movement to prevent offshore oil drilling. Today, from policy change to educational programs, we’re ensuring ocean conservation throughout the community. Our programs and projects are designed to support the foundations of clean, healthy shores and a thriving Monterey Bay for all.
Learn more at saveourshores.org
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